hmmm.
I am not up with the history, I'll stay out of this one, it sounds to 
complicated.
I suppose the revenge of montisumer I suppose.
At 07:07 a.m. 20/11/2007, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>Over the passed six months or so I have really considered of giving 
>Montezuma's Revenge a slight name change. I have three primary reasons 
>for feeling the name change should be done while retaining the same sort 
>of game play.
>First, the name Montezuma isn't exactly correct. The man most people 
>call Montezuma was actually named Emperor Moctezuma II, and ruled the 
>Aztec Empire from 1502 to 1520.
>Second, a title like Montezuma's Revenge is a bit tasteless in my 
>opinion. It is a well known historical fact that Emperor Moctezuma was 
>well known for his week constitution, and frequently had diarrhea. The 
>Spanish thought this was funny and coined the term Moctezuma's Revenge 
>for anyone who had a bad case of diarrhea. As time went on American 
>historians Americanised the name to, Montezuma, and now any time someone 
>has a bad case of diarrhea it is Montezuma's Revenge. All thanks in part 
>to a man who had a week constitution.
>Third, during my recent research into copyrighting the game I am a bit 
>stuck legally if I continue under the Montezuma's Revenge title and 
>continuing to use Panama Joe as the leading character. However, with a 
>few miner name changes such as a new name of character and title the 
>game can successfully be copyrighted as an original work.
>As a result I have thought of some new titles that are similar to the 
>game, but be  hopefully a bit different.
>
>Moctezuma's Revenge
>The revenge of Montezuma
>The Revenge of Moctezuma
>
>Finally, I have had a large number of requests to return Angela to the 
>game. In light of my copyright issues that might not be such a bad idea. 
>A new character, including a female one, a new name, etc would all aid 
>in placing distance between me and the original work without really 
>altering the game that much. Any thoughts, suggestions, and feedback?
>
>
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